The NHL Winter Classic at Wrigley Field, Chicago

**Grace** · 01-02-2009, 02:51 PM

I thought it was marvelous!! And the Wings won, which only made it sweeter.

Just read an article - from USA Today. Consider the possibilities for future games. Fenway would be great; the Penguins and the Flyers at Penn State; Wild vs. Blackhawks at Lambeau Field, and the piece de resistance - Toronto and Detroit at U of M stadium with over 100,000 fans.

**cassiesmom** · 01-03-2009, 08:45 PM

It would have been nice if the Hawks won, but that's okay. It was neat to see the whole city get behind the team and preparations for the game. I think they lucked out with the weather, unlike the last Bears home game when it was so cold. Also for the people traveling from Michigan for the game-- the commentators said there was a large number of Detroit fans at the game. The charitable organization of the Cubs sold tickets for ice skating the next day, mostly to Wrigleyville neighborhood organizations, and they were gone in nothing flat. And they did have the Hawks and Cubs hall of fame players sing "Take Me Out To the Ball Game" during a time-out! It was a boost for Chicago, which we really needed between the recent bad weather and all the economic worries.

**cassiesmom** · 01-04-2009, 08:09 PM

I heard on the news today that the Winter Classic was an official success, even though the Hawks didn't win. They would like to have another one now that they have some of the logistics figured out, but the NHL gets to decide whether or where to have another one. They had ice skating at Wrigley today and showed it on the news.